The New Face of the NRA

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The New Face of the NRA

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Back in 1982, there was a campaign to put a human face on gun ownership, called 'I'm in the NRA.'

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And yes, Aunt Polly, those are real freckles on Bryan's cheeks.

Here's a kid a this year's NRA convention. I'm the NRA?
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Nah. Such an ad just wouldn't fit the zeitgeist of our times. It would either remind people of Sandy Hook or that weird neighborhood kid who stopped taking his ADD meds.

We need a new brash, bold face to match the spirit of the times. Someone who mirrors the devil may care attitude of the NRA's newly endorsed Presidential Candidate. Well, there is such a face. A man who was just re-elected to the Board of Governors of the NRA.

Media Matters wrote:Nugent is a fixture of the NRA's annual meeting, delivering talks in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. During his speech at last year’s meeting, Nugent talked about shooting Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and called the president “Osama Obama” and offered to charter a boat ride to take Obama “back to Kenya.” At the 2012 meeting, Nugent set in motion a visit with the Secret Service after telling NRA members he would be “dead or in jail” if Obama was reelected as president.

As the NRA annual meeting wraps up tomorrow, Nugent will deliver a talk called “2016 Election Do or Die for America and Freedom.”

Nugent’s 2016 has so far been marked by particularly ugly rhetoric.

In January, Nugent called for Obama and Hillary Clinton to be hanged for treason for their supposed malfeasance during the 2012 Benghazi terror attacks.

Nugent caused widespread controversy in February after sharing an image on his Facebook page that suggested Jews are behind a conspiracy to enact stricter gun laws. After coming under fire from the Anti-Defamation League and other groups, Nugent further claimed that Jewish supporters of gun safety laws are “Nazis in disguise.” As condemnations continued to roll in, even from far-right pro-gun organizations (but not the NRA), Nugent eventually apologized, claiming he did not realize the image he shared that placed Israeli flags next to faces of 12 Jewish American politicians and gun violence prevention advocates had a "connection whatsoever to any religious affiliation."

In March, Nugent called a critic with a Hispanic name a "beanochimp" and suggested the man should die.

Later that same month, Nugent shared a misogynist chain message about why men supposedly prefer guns over women, which included claims like "guns function normally every day of the month” and “A gun doesn't mind if you go to sleep after you use it.”

On March 31, Nugent posted a racially derogatory image on his Facebook page that he said was an advertisement for a moving company called "2 niggers and a stolen truck."

In a May 10 post to his Facebook page, Nugent shared a fake video that showed Hillary Clinton being graphically shot to death by Bernie Sanders. He added his own comment: “I got your guncontrol right here bitch!”


So how 'bout it folks? Let's have an NRA campaign that tells it like it is:

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"The great problem of any civilization is how to rejuvenate itself without rebarbarization."
- Will Durant
"We've kept more promises than we've even made"
- Donald Trump
"Of what meaning is the world without mind? The question cannot exist."
- Edwin Land
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